Windshield mounting



July 7,1925.

v J. H'. B DURGON -wINDsHIELD MOUNTING Filed May `a, .1924

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UNIT-ED sTATiains PATENTOFFIQB JOSEPH H. BOURGON, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGrNoR To THE'sTUDEBAKER coR.

IORATION, or SOUTH BEND, INDIANHA CORPORATION OFNRW, JERSEY.

WINDsHIELn MOUNTING.

Application led May 8, 1924. Serial No.. 711,759; f

To all whom it may concern:

'.Be it known that I, JOSEPH I-I. BOURGON, a subject of George V, King O'f Great Britain and Ireland, and resident of Detroit, in the countytof Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Windshield Mountings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to motor vehicles and the like and particularly to windshields and rain or sun shields therefor.

The principal object of this invention is to provide means whereby the windshield and rain or suii'shield may both 'be held in adjusted position by the use of clamping members on a single arm or segment on each side of the automobile of which they form a part.

It isl the conventional practice today on automobilesV which are provided with adjustable rain or sun shields in addition to the adjustable windshield, to provide an entirely independent set of adjusting devices for each shield. In -inost cases where an adjustable rain or sun shieldis used, it is adjustable along an arm or a segment attached to each side of the automobile, and a separate set of arms or othery devices, independent of the rain or sun shield adjusting devices, is provided for adjustably holding the windshield in position. Such constructions necessarily involve a multiplicity of parts which, although they may cost only a nominal amount, nevertheless help to increase the ultimate price of the finished product, which necessitate a relatively long time for assembly, and'in -which the windshield adjusting devices usually produce unsightly projections on .the interior of the automobile. y

-The object of the present-invention is to eliminate as much as possible the objections mentioned, and the means by which this -is done is to provide a single arm or segment on each side of the automobile, such as is .usually employed for adjusting the rain or sim shield only, and provide not only means for adjusting the rain or sun shield thereon, but to also provide means for adjusting the windshield thereon. v

The above being among the objects of the present invention, the same consists of cer` tain features of construction and combination of partsr to be hereinafter described with reference tothe accompanying draw.- ing, and then claimed, having the above and` other objects in view.

'In the accompanying drawing which shows a suitable embodiment of the present invention, and in which like numerals refer lto like parts throughout vtlie'several views,

Figure 1 is: a fragmentary perspective incorporated.

Figure 2 is a verticalsectional view taken longitudinally of the automobile .of Figurev 1 just outsideof the windshield post.` 4

Figure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on theline 3-3 of Figure 2, illustrating the means used for locking the rain or sun shield in adjusted position.

Y Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional view takenon the line 4-4 of Figure 2, illustrating a means which maybe usedfor locking the ywindshield in adjusted position.

It will be understood thatthe'drawing illustrates my invention as applied to one side of the automobile only, there being'a dupli, cation lof the devices on the other side but of reversed construction.v kThe drawingshows an automobile body 10, to which is secured:

and which extends upwardly from the rear edge Vof the cowl 11 theV top front support 12, the upper end of which is secured tothey angle bar 13 by means of the screw 14 and acorn nut 15, the angle bar 13 being, in turn, secured to the top front cross member. 16 bythe bolt 17 and nut 18. Pivotally secured to the rear face of the top front cross` member 16 lby the piano hinge 19 is a wind-1 shield 2()y which is lcomposed of. `a metal frame 21 and transparent glass 22. Pivotally secured to the underside of the top. front cross member lforwardly of the hinge 19v by the piano hinge 23 is the rain or sun shield 24: which is composed of the metal frame 25 and glass or other material 26, the latter preferably being of such a na; ture as to absorb or diffuse the blinding glare of the sun. v

Secured to and projecting forwardly and upwardly from approximatelythe midpointy of the hinge 19. Straddling the segment 27 and means for independently clamping each of said shields in a plurality of pivoted positions to said segment.

5. In a motor vehicle, a pivotally mounted Windshield, and a rain or sun shield pivotally mounted adjacent thereto, an arm secured to each side of said vehicle adjacent the ends of said shields, and means coi-operable with both of said shields and eachof said arms for securing said shields in a plurality of pivotally adjusted positions.

6. The combination with a plurality ofv pivotally mounted members, of a stationary member adjacent the ends thereof, brackets secured to the ends of the lirst mentioned members provided With recesses for receiving said stationary members, and means for locking said brackets to said stationary members in any one Vof a plurality of pivotal positions of said first mentioned member.

7. In combination Withv a motor vehicle, a top, top front supports, and a plurality of shields pivotally mounted to said top, of a single curved stationary arm secured t0 and projecting forwardly of each of said top and front supports, brackets on the ends of said shields provided With Vrecesses for receiving the corresponding arm, and means for independently clamping each of said brackets in a plurality of positions along said'arms.

8. In combination with a motor vehicle, a top, supports for said to-p, a Windshield pivoted to said top, anothershield pivoted to said top forwardly of said Windshield, a single'arcuate arm adjacent each end of said Windshield and secured to said supn ports, a bracket secured to each end of said Windshield provided with -an opening for receiving said arm, means for locking said bracket to said arm to hold said Windshield in a plurality of pivotally adjusted positions, and a bracket on each end ofthe second mentioned shield provided With means for receiving and adjustably clamping said arm thereto in a plurality of pivotal positions.

Signed by me at Detroit, Michigan, U. S. A., this 3rd day'of May, 1924.

JOSEPH H. BOURGON. Witnesses:

DONALD B. WAITE, HoDGsoN S. PIERCE. 

